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Author:

Gerolymatos, André.

Title:

Castles made of sand : a century of Anglo-American espionage and intervention in the Middle East / Andre Gerolymatos.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Thomas Dunne Books,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xvi, 347 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Espionage, British--Middle East--History--20th century.
Espionage, American--Middle East--History--20th century.
Intervention (International law)--History--20th century.
Intelligence officers--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Intelligence officers--United States--History--20th century.
Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Stories from the bazaar -- Assassination -- The Mahdi -- The eclipse of imperial Islam -- Jihad for all occasions -- A new caliph -- Middle East delusions : the Great Arab Revolt -- Spies, adventurers, and religious warriors -- Absolute faith : the Muslim Brotherhood and the politics of intelligence -- The British-Jewish military alliance -- Kill the mufti : politics and blowback -- By blood and fire -- The CIA and Nasser : a Muslim Billy Graham -- The road to perdition : the Gehlen Organization -- A new kind of war : subversive operations and the CIA -- Nasser's Nazis -- A legacy of coups : Anglo-American intervention in Syria -- America's eyes in the Middle East : the CIA and Israeli intelligence -- The Iranian jihad -- Espionage, religion, and war in the Northwest Frontier -- Pakistan's inter-service intelligence and organized terror in South Asia -- Chronology -- Dramatis personae.

ISBN:

0312355696 (alk. paper)
9780312355692 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)606785225

LCCN:

2010035894

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)